SONO vs. GOLF, PTON, YETI, KN, ARLO, MODG, ESCA, TRON, FNKO, and CLAR
Should you be buying Sonos stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sonos include Acushnet (GOLF), Peloton Interactive (PTON), YETI (YETI), Knowles (KN), Arlo Technologies (ARLO), Topgolf Callaway Brands (MODG), Escalade (ESCA), Tron (TRON), Funko (FNKO), and Clarus (CLAR). These companies are all part of the "recreation" industry.
Sonos vs. Its Competitors
Sonos (NASDAQ:SONO) and Acushnet (NYSE:GOLF) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation and media sentiment.
In the previous week, Sonos had 8 more articles in the media than Acushnet. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Sonos and 7 mentions for Acushnet. Acushnet's average media sentiment score of 1.59 beat Sonos' score of 0.91 indicating that Acushnet is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Sonos presently has a consensus target price of $13.67, indicating a potential downside of 4.89%. Acushnet has a consensus target price of $73.33, indicating a potential downside of 3.65%. Given Acushnet's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Acushnet is more favorable than Sonos.
Sonos has a beta of 2.17, indicating that its stock price is 117% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Acushnet has a beta of 0.9, indicating that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500.
85.8% of Sonos shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.1% of Acushnet shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of Sonos shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 53.6% of Acushnet shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Acushnet has a net margin of 9.24% compared to Sonos' net margin of -5.41%. Acushnet's return on equity of 28.05% beat Sonos' return on equity.
Acushnet has higher revenue and earnings than Sonos. Sonos is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Acushnet, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Acushnet beats Sonos on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NASDAQ:SONO) was last updated on 9/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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